Can you see the real me, can ya, can ya,I went back to the doctorTo get another shrinkI sit and tell him 'bout my weekendBut he never betrays what he thinks

Can you see the real me doctor?

I went back to my motherI said I'm crazy ma help meShe said I know how it feels son'cause it runs in the familyCan you see the real me mother?

The cracks between the paving stonesLike rivers of flowing veinsStrange people who know mePeeping from behind every window paneThe girl I used to loveLives in this yellow houseYesterday she passed me byShe doesn't want to know me nowCan you see the real me, can you?

I ended up with the preacherFull of lies and hateI seemed to scare him a littleSo he showed me to the golden gateCan you see the real me, preacher?